Update: Tessa has illustrated a new comic written by AnanthPanagariya called Buzz! In the meantime, it seems like she's given up on Hanna. There were rumors about some sort of legal trouble between Tessa and 4D Entertainment, her publisher, that resulted in Tessa being unable to continue Hanna, but this rumor appears to be untrue.

Ambiguously Brown: Toni. At least, her skin color's darker than the rest of the cast's. (She's half-Asian and half-Latina.)

Zombie is frequently speculated to be Asian or part-Asian, based on how his human form looked. As a zombie he's even more racially ambiguous, since his skin is a fairly dark green and his eyes are extremely sunken and shadowed.

Casimiro, but Word of God says he was a really tanned Italian when he died.

Ambiguously Gay: Several of the male characters. Except for Ples, who is actually confirmed to be gay.

Ambiguously Human: The only human Hanna seems to regularly spend time with is the medical school dropout, Worth, who he relies on to fix him up when he's injured because he has some kind of horrible secret that he only trusts Worth with. It certainly connected to the fact that he's a "rotten hollow shell of a boy" with an enormous scar on his chest. That's held together with staples.

Art Evolution: In a very short timeframe- a difference can be seen only a few months into the comic.

To contrast the first few pages of the chapter one and the latest few pages of chapter three, the colors have become less saturated, and the lines seem softer (particularly noticeable with Hanna and Zombie's designs).

Drop the Hammer: Hanna uses an ordinary hammer that he's marked with runes to fight all kinds of supernatural creatures. It's shown to be just as effective at pulling out nails as it is at wounding a vampire.

Not to mention Ples Tibenoch, who more or less had a sexytime following from the word "go". He's only been in a half-dozen strips so far, but the fanfics and fanart starring him number in the high double digits.

Gilligan Cut: When bat-form Adelaide tells Conrad to leave, he animatedly expresses his feelings about leaving his own apartment. Next panel is of him and Zombie sitting outside the door. "I hate that bat."

Goggles Do Nothing: Veser is typically drawn with goggles hanging around his neck for seemingly no other reason than design.

Ha Ha Ha No: Veser's exact words to Lee when he insinuates that Mrs. Hatch is sticking around for the sake of her son. She really just wants her pelt back.

Hell Is That Noise: When the protagonists go to visit Tibenoch. They arrived at his house, and started hearing a creepy "tk tok" sound. And then more creepy things happened. And the "tk tok" sounds stayed for several strips, until 12:21, when the clock stopped. Not really sure what happened at 12:21….

I'm Having Soul Pains: Hanna exhibits something like this when a ghost passes through him. He collapses, appears to be in sizable pain and loses consciousness for a while afterwards.

Immortality Immorality: Subverted: Hanna converts Conrad into a vampire after he finds Conrad dead (or maybe only near death). Hanna is all wild-eyed and blood-spattered, and laughs rather maniacally when he succeeds, but still isn't portrayed as a bad person for it, although Conrad has mixed feelings.

Impairment Shot: Used at least twice—once when a ghost phased through Hanna and he fainted, and again when Worth woke up with a hangover.

Left Hanging: As Tessa Stone hasn't been heard from in months, the comic is stuck in limbo, at least for now. She stopped updating when every major character was in mortal peril. Zombie, Hanna, and Toni are locked with a questionably sane Ples (who just whipped out a gun and fired it), and Conrad's trapped with Lamont, Worth, and Adelaide trying to get to Hanna and escape Abner. Oh, and Veser ran out a while ago, and we never found out where he went.

The cliffhanger is even less likely to ever be resolved, since Tessa Stone has returned with a new comic named Buzz.

All the characters have a shade of red or orange on their designs somewhere.

Crosses appear everywhere: on characters' clothes (Zombie's jacket sleeves, Conrad's necklace thing in the first chapter, Toni's hairpin, Casimiro's eye), in the backgrounds, sometimes the panels themselves, and the title graphic. Cross is also the main character's last name.

Noodle People: Even Tessa has described most of her male cast members as being "heroin thin".

Occult Detective: Hanna's profession, and now Zombie's. How good Hanna is at his job is...debatable thus far.

Odd Friendship: It looks like Veser and Ples Tibenoch might become this. Casimiro and Finas have been practically inseparable for centuries, though their vastly different personalities cause many to wonder how they even tolerate each other.

Precision F-Strike: Though the characters swear plenty of times in the comic, it's usually censored. The Symbol Swearing is dropped during more tense moments to reflect the seriousness of the situation.

Thousand Origami Cranes: Apparently, one of these meant something to {...} before he died. The significance is pretty much lost to him now, so Hanna's working on folding 1,000 of them to give them a new meaning. You can go d'awww now. We'll wait.

Whodunnit to Me: {...} was apparently murdered, and he did come back in (more or less) one piece. He seems genuinely disinterested in questioning how or why he was killed, or who was responsible; but the fans and other cast members exhibit a healthy curiosity.

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